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Sheet metal follower for a bending press

a follower and bending press technology, applied in the direction of metal-working feeding devices, positioning devices, pile separation, etc., can solve the problems of difficult maintenance in service and difficult precision assembly in the first pla

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-07-18
AMADA EURO
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[0011] An object of the present invention is to eliminate or at least attenuate the drawbacks associated with the prior art and to propose a sheet metal follower of the above-specified type which can be put into position quickly and accurately and in which the pivot axis for the follower table is very close to the bending matrix.
[0022] By means of this design, the follower table can be put into position relative to the bending matrix quickly and accurately while avoiding elements that are complicated and expensive to manufacture.

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Furthermore, the combined use of toothed wheels, of actuators, and of levers requires precision assembly which is difficult to perform in the first place and difficult to maintain in service.

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[0030] As can be seen in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly in FIGS. 1 and 2, the sheet metal follower 1 is mounted on a vertical front wall 2 of a bottom table 3 of a bending press (not shown in greater detail). At its top end, the bottom table 3 carries a bending matrix 4 whose upwardly open groove is parallel to the front wall 2.

[0031] At its top end, the sheet metal follower 1 has a follower table 5 capable of moving in rectilinear manner along axes x, y, and z and capable of pivoting about a shaft 6 which is horizontal and parallel to the vertical wall 2 and to the bending matrix 4, and which is provided at the front end 7 of the follower table 5, said front end 7 being close to said bending matrix 4.

[0032] The follower table 5 is thus associated with displacement means 8, 9, 10, and 11 which enable it to perform three mutually perpendicular rectilinear movements along the directions x, y, and z, and also to perform pivoting about the horizontal shaft 6 cooperating...

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Abstract

A sheet metal follower for a bending press that has a bottom fixed table carrying a bending matrix on its top face. The follower is of the type comprising in particular pivot means for pivoting the follower table about a pivot shaft, and means suitable for moving the follower table in horizontal displacement relative to its support structure and perpendicularly to the pivot shaft, the active length of the pivot means being variable between a fixed hinge on the support structure and a moving hinge on the follower table, and the moving hinge being suitable for sliding along said table in a direction perpendicular to the pivot shaft of said table.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a sheet metal follower for a bending press, the press presenting a fixed bottom table carrying a bending matrix on its top face, and the follower being of the type comprising:[0002] a follower table capable of pivoting about a horizontal pivot shaft at its front end;[0003] a lateral transfer carriage mounted on the front wall of the fixed bottom table so as to be capable of moving horizontally along said front wall;[0004] a vertical support wall secured to the transfer carriage and provided with vertical slideways and at least one vertical ball screw suitable for being rotated from its bottom end;[0005] a support structure presenting a vertical front plate and two vertical side plates extending away from the bottom table of the press;[0006] vertical guide rails secured to the front plate of the support structure and each co-operating with a corresponding slideway of the carriage support wall, and a drive mechanism for driving the front plate o...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B21D5/02B21D43/00
CPCB21D5/0281
Inventor GASCOIN, ERIC
Owner AMADA EURO